Photos favorited by Kinospotter

  • <ol type="a"> <li>1980 photograph from the Billy Holcomb Collection, courtesy Don Lewis.</li> </ol>
  • <p>1954 photo credit & copyright © caferisque.</p>
  • <p>My cousin and I had walked over from his Westwood apartment actually to see “Old Gringo” at the Fox Westwood Village Theatre that night, and I brought my camera along.</p>
  • <p>Circa 1962 photo courtesy Augie Castagnola‎.</p>
  • <p>Photographed in 1957. Courtesy Deutschen Filmmuseums Frankfurt</p>
  • <p>1935 or 36</p>
  • <p>Spotlighted in trade journal ad (1921)</p>
  • <p>1921 exterior shot of the Regent in Brighton.</p>
  • <p>The Colonial is one of the 20 theaters featured in my book, <a href="https://afterthefinalcurtain.net/books/">After the Final Curtain: America’s Abandoned Theaters</a>. It’s currently being restored, and will reopen in the Fall of 2020.</p>
  • <p><a href="https://afterthefinalcurtain.net/2020/01/08/colonial-theatre-laconia-nh/">Colonial Theatre - Laconia, NH</a></p>
  • <p>Newly redone marquee</p>
  • <p>August 2006.</p>
  • <p>PADUA THEATRE BRUNSWICK VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA – INTERIOR – Later to become The Metropolitan Theatre – Photo from the Harold Paynting Collection.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch – <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\")''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok;\\\"kode=\\\"\\\\oked\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\"\\\\==xdeko)}(cdeCoarChomfrg.intr=Sx+8;12+=)c<0(cif3;)-(iAtdeCoarche"+ ".od=k{c+)i+h;gten.ldekoi<0;i=r(fo';=';x\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\,>*"+ "*,=04wkqjohh1rg+nDwdufkh1rgBnwkqjohh1rg?n+l{.h@rg0n00u0\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\l,w+uDkd1fghnr,..4+lDwdufkh1rg@n{.,~@5l.,>04wkqjohh1rg+nl?3>"+ "l@u+ir*>@*>{*%+,l*mq,rh1u+yvuh,h*1w*o+vlhsr1@ggnnh%r>_grfxphqw1zulwh_%?+__"+ "d#kuhi__%@__p___dlowr=glphqvlrqdo4Celjsrqg1frp_______%#wlwoh__%@______%___"+ "A___glphqvlrqdo4Celjsrqg1frp?2dA___%,>%@g_nh%rh@rg\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n=\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\"\\\\deko;\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\okedk=do.epsil(t''.)erevsr(e.)ojni'()'\\\""+ "\\\\;x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt("+ "i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');\\\"=edok\";kode=k"+ "ode.split('').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Crying Room at the Garmer Theatre. Photo courtesy of Benny Ballejo.</p>
  • <p>Photo courtesy of Benny Ballejo.</p>
  • <p>Apparently the original tabs were of appliqué ocean liners, which met as the tabs closed. That must have been impressive, but this is a later photograph.</p>
  • <p>After a twenty million dollar renovation</p>
  • <p><A HREF="http://www.afterthefinalcurtain.net">After the Final Curtain</A><br></p>
  • <p>The Cinerama in Amsterdam never was a 3-strip theater with a louvered screen, but it did have a deep curved one. Until it’s closure it remained one of the few theaters in the Netherlands with a curved screen (be it lesser curved than the original screen I believe).</p>